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Halifax tech hub expands office in Maritime Centre

Slate Office REIT has completed a 60,000 square foot lease for tech hub Volta Labs in the Maritime Centre in downtown Halifax.

CondoBusiness

Canadian home sales cool further in June

The number of homes sold in Canada fell 6.7 per cent from May to June, marking the largest monthly decline in home sales since June 2010, says the CREA.

REMI Network

ISO publishes third facility management standard for 2017

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published its third facility management (FM) standard in under half a year.

REMI Network

Crombie acquires mixed use site in Toronto

Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (Crombie) has purchased a 4.5-acre mixed use site for $42 million.

Canadian Property Management

IKEA to open new Richmond distribution centre

A 330,540-square-foot warehouse in the East Richmond Business Park will soon be home to IKEA’s new western Canada distribution centre.

CondoBusiness

Governments invest in Port Lands transformation

The governments of Canada, Ontario and Toronto are investing in projects like the Toronto Port Lands Flood Protection to help protect against climate change

REMI Network

Toronto installs most green roofs in 2016

Toronto installed the most green roofs in 2016, followed by Chicago, Washington D.C., and Seattle.

Canadian Property Management

Canada sees industrial availability rates drop

Statistics for the second quarter of 2017 show generally healthy demand for industrial space in most major Canadian markets.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Memorial University commits to energy savings

On July 10, Memorial University signed an agreement with Honeywell to commence the second phase of an energy performance contract, or EPC program.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ottawa’s transformed National Arts Centre opens

On July 1, Ottawa’s National Arts Centre (NAC) inaugurated a new building wing, the first transformation the building has seen in 50 years.

REMI Network

Canada enforces new regs for handling workplace asbestos

Canada enforced changes to occupational health and safety regulations on workplace asbestos today and declared updates to national building codes.

CondoBusiness

Proposed licensing fees for condo managers released

Proposed licensing fees for condo managers and condo management firms would see the two groups share the costs of regulating the sector.

REMI Network

Canada’s Best Restroom finalists announced

Cintas has announced the five finalists for its 2017 Canada’s Best Restroom Awards.

REMI Network

Stantec office is Manitoba’s 100th LEED certified project

Stantec's Winnipeg office earned the LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors certification on June 27.

CondoBusiness

Condo returns, registry coming to Ontario in 2018

Ontario condo corporations can expect to start filing annual returns in 2018, according to a regulatory proposal released last week.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

CMHC report addresses MURB ownership structure

A new CMHC report reveals that most of Canada's purpose-built rental apartments are owned by individual investors or private corporations.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Casalova acquires My Property Managers

Canadian online real estate marketplace, Casalova, announced that it has acquired My Property Managers (MyPM) and its $35 million in assets under management.